Yarn Dolls!

During the winter, we spent long days in the house! I had lots of crafts and activities planned for the beginning of the winter, but the cold weather in Rexburg lasts a little longer than other places we've lived. So, towards the end of the season it was a lot easier just to turn movies on. Now that it's finally warm I am trying to keep the TV off and do more productive things. We are outside for most of the day, but Kenedi and I have some time together while Macy takes a nap! This is a fun craft we did the other day that both the girls loved! Yarn Dolls! I made these when I was a kid! I loved the American Doll Kiersten (the pioneer one) and I got a book of fun pioneer crafts when I got the actual Kiersten doll and it had instructions for these dolls! You will need some yarn, scissors, and a piece of cardboard (I had just opened a new home fragrance thing, so I just used the box it came in:) Start by wrapping the yarn around your cardboard.

Slide the yarn off the cardboard and keep your finger in the middle.

This picture is the wrong way...sorry, but you'll want to cut another piece of yarn, slide it throught the middle of your wrapped yarn and tie it up...

So it looks like this.

Then tie another piece of yarn down a little ways so it makes a head.

Take some scissors and cut the loops on the bottom of the doll, and separate a few pieces of yarn on the sides for arms and tie them off.

If you want a dress, just tie another piece of yarn to make a waist, and if you want legs, just split the rest of the yarn and tie them off!

You are done!!! My girls played with these forever! I hope your kids enjoy it too!!

Fathers Day ideas!!

Still need a good Fathers Day idea? I found one! Dad's Tokens! It's a little different than the usual coupons, but still fun!

Go here for the full tutorial!

Goodwill Rocks!

One day Sky and I were bored and decided to head up to Goodwill to browse around and I found this awesome butler table. I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it and the best part was that it only cost $6!!!! Score!! I forgot to take pictures of what it looked like before I started taking it apart and fixing it, but I took a few pictures of what it looked like before I painted it.

This top part just sat on the table frame. They weren't attached by anything (probably because it was used as a serving tray).

I had already painted one side of the legs when I realized that I hadn't taken any pictures. So I quickly snapped a couple of pictures of the legs before they were painted and after one side was painted.

My work station! :)

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for! Here is the finished product:

The finished product!

I hand painted all of the flowers on and her name on it. I used a flower stencil that I made out of carstock using my cricut. Don't look too closely because it's by far not perfect!

The side and back wings all fold up or go flat. I screwed the front wing all the way down so that it stays there. 

My little Sky loves her desk/table! She put some pictures on it and her jewlery on it and added a princess stool. 

I must say that this is one of my favorite projects that I have done! It was so much fun and turned out better than I expected it to! My husband helped me a little bit in putting it back together. I'm still learning how to be a handyman. :) Next project is a stool for it and a jewelery/hair thing holder for it.